Rolen's the perfect baseball player. It's his tenacity, his preparation, the way he plays. He tries to do everything fundamentally sound. And he puts the team team first-there's no fanfare with him.

You can't really hit or miss on one outing.

The rage that had expolded inside me diffused. I didn't know where it had come from. I had a short temper and often acted impulsively, but this had been intense and ugly even for me. Weird.

When I win awards, I think of my father.

I think statues are great; they show what great people would look like if a bird sh*t all over them.

A gift--its kind, its value and appearance; the silence or the pomp that attends it; the style in which it reaches you--may decide the dignity or vulgarity of the giver.

I relate to most of the characters I play, because I do feel like an outsider.

I think any good artist - and I'm not saying that I am one - takes notes and should first emulate their heroes and then try to move beyond them.

Women with whiskers... its a bummer.

The most common format of music on an iPod is 'stolen.'

I grew up taking piano lessons and liking Wagner when I was in second grade.